Submissions listed by human right

The Charter gives the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission a statutory right to intervene in legal proceedings where a question of law arises about the application of the Charter or the interpretation of another law in light of the Charter. Whether the Commission exercises the right to intervene is a matter for its discretion.

The Commission has made submissions in a number of cases about how the Charter applies and the scope of the human rights it protects.

Interventions have varied in subject-matter from criminal procedure and fair trial rights, to the best interests of the child in adoption proceedings, to the duties of VCAT when making decisions about guardianship.

Please follow the links below to the Commission’s submissions, listed in order the date of submission.